friedlander to address the issue that was raised in the environmental report. could you speak to that? >> we have reviewed the letter and while it is correct there was an error in the calendar and we cannot see any obstacle to moving forward. >> no accident why we're here. we have been in this industry and a lot of you have been involved blogger then we have. the problem is always the same. now the microphone is on. you may change your mind whether you want to hear me. if you raise your hands we will keep the microphone on. the reason for proposal 12 is, as we all know, the single biggest problem in the minds of the public in san francisco regarding taxi service and the single biggest problem regarding taxi service in san francisco is not the quality of our drivers. a special thank you for a driver from luxor who helped solve a crime the other night. it is a situation where folks feel they cannot get a cab when they need them. they cannot rely on the service and this is a cute on fridays and saturdays when our citizens and visitors should be about enjoying the

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among those who noticed the change electric vehicle owner advocate jay friedland. >> this is where the costco chargers used to be and as you can see, they have basically covered it up. you can see where the electrical feed was. >> reporter: store by store, the mega-retailer is removing every one of those stations even in the famously green bay area. >> people would come to costco, charge, they would go in and buy things. >> reporter: so why pull the plug on the future? costco didn't speak to cbs 5 on camera but a spokesman did say by phone, this is a chain with millions of customers and virtually none of them were using the electric fueling stations. and there's one more problem. >> the old chargers that were put in place 10 or 15 years ago no longer work with the new cars. so cars like the nissan leaf, the chevy volt. >> reporter: that new generation of cars will still need a place to juice up. and eb believers say costco missed an opportunity by erasing instead of updating. >> we're seeing businesses all over the united states invest in charging. >> removal of chargers without a plan

joining us for perspective is krista friedland, global editor-at-large for reuters.d chairman speaks, we listen. what did you hear? >> my ordinary person translation of what ben bernanke said today is it's not my turn to do stuff, it's the government's turn. what the government should be doing is medium term balance the budget, but in the short term, please, please don't go crazy and stop spending money. >> my question is why is that such good news to wall street that the chairman is saying, i'm out of bullets here. it's somebody elt's turn and the turn goes to washington? >> i don't think that it was. i don't think they were opening up the champagne on wall street. what would have had wall street really cheering, and i think would have given a surge in the markets is if ben bernanke said it's okay, everyone, i'm going to save your bacon again. he didn't say that. at least he didn't rule it out. he did say in september we are going to take another look. he also warns that he thinks the economy is in pretty crummy shape. he focused particularly on unemployment. he sai